JPS63136878A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To arrange a recorded document in the order of a page by providing a storing means to store picture image data for the amount of plural to be transmitted or to have been received, and providing a backward outputting means to output the stored picture image data for the amount of the plural pages one after another from the picture image data of the last page. CONSTITUTION:The storing means 8, which stores the picture image data for the amount of plural pages of the picture image data to be transmitted or of the received picture image data, and the backward outputting means 10, which outputs the picture image data for the amount of plural pages, stored in the storing means 8, one after another from the picture image data of the last page, are provided. Thus, the picture image data for the amount of plural pages of the picture image data to be transmitted or of the received picture image data, are stored in the storing means 8, and by outputting them successive ly from the picture image data of the last page by the backward outputting means 10, the document to be recorded can be heaped up in the order of the page, and accordingly, a trouble for a rearrangement can be saved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Summary] A method for recording recorded documents in a facsimile machine, comprising: a storage means for storing transmitted or received image data for multiple pages; By providing a reverse order output means that sequentially outputs image data of a page, a recorded document can be arranged in page order.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a document recording method for a facsimile (hereinafter referred to as FAX) device, and particularly to a FAX device that can align the page order of recorded documents.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In recent years, FAX communication has become popular in which a document, figure, etc. is transmitted to a remote location using a communication line. FAX communication connects transmitting and receiving devices between users with a communication line and communicates documents between them.The image data of the original on the sending side is transmitted as an electrical signal, and the receiving side records it on recording paper and reproduces the document. be done.

Image data to be transmitted is recorded on a document-by-document basis, but a method is desired that does not reverse the page order of the recorded document.

[Conventional technology]

In FAX communication, a document is read in page order on the sending side and sent as image data, and when the received image data is recorded on the receiving side, it is accumulated in a storage section with the recording side facing up. There is a method in which the recording surface is stacked with the recording surface facing down, but in the latter case, the recording state cannot be visually observed, so the former method is the mainstream.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

According to the above-mentioned conventional method, there is a problem that in the case of a multi-page document, the pages are piled up in reverse order, making post-processing time-consuming.

[Means for solving problems]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the present invention.

In the figure, 8 is a storage means for storing multiple pages of image data to be transmitted or received image data, and 10 is a storage means for storing multiple pages of image data stored in the means 8 as image data of the final page. This is a reverse order output means that sequentially outputs data from the beginning.

Therefore, the image data is recorded in the order in which the image data is output by the reverse order output means 10.

[Effect]

Image data for a plurality of pages of image data to be transmitted or received image data is stored in the storage means 8, and the image data of the last page is sequentially outputted by the reverse order output means 10, thereby stacking recorded documents in page order. This saves time and effort in post-processing.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. The same reference numerals indicate the same objects throughout the figures. Further, in FIG. 2, parts corresponding to those in FIG. 1 are surrounded by a dashed line.

In FIG. 2, a main control section 2 performs sequence control of transmission and reception, and controls each section to perform reading/recording, transmission/reception, etc.

The reading unit 3 has a function of reading the original l with an image sensor (not shown), converting it into image data, and binarizing the data.

The operation panel 4 has a transmission button and one reception button (not shown).

It is equipped with operation buttons for inputting the destination telephone number, etc.

The display section 5 displays input data and the like.

The recording unit 6 has a printer that prints out the image data when it is received.

The image buffer 7 is a memory in which one page's worth of image data read and binarized by the reading unit 2 is stored.

The image data memory 8a is a memory in which compressed image data is stored, and has a capacity to store all the image data of a plurality of pages of original 1 within a limit (for example, 50 pages).

The management table 9 saves the start address and data length of image data for each page stored in the image data memory 8a, and updates the table pointer for each page at this time.

The reverse order output control unit 10a has a function of sequentially outputting the image data of a plurality of pages stored in the image data memory 8a starting from the mftt% page of image data based on the table pointer of the management table 9.

Further, 11 is a compression section, 12 is an expansion section, 13 is a transmission control section,
14 is a modem, 15 is a network control unit (Network Co.
ntrol U-nit (hereinafter referred to as NCU), 16 indicates an automatic transmission unit.

Since it has such a configuration and function, the operation in the case of sending/receiving will be explained using the flowchart shown in Fig.
into the device, enter the destination phone number from the operation panel 4,
Enter the sending time, etc.

■In the case of immediate transmission, when the receiving station is called immediately (at a predetermined time in the case of later automatic transmission) and ready to receive, the original l is read, the image data is converted into two-tone data, and the compression unit 1
Compressed by 1.

(2) The start address and data length of image data for each page are stored in the management table 9, and the table pointer is updated for each page.

(2) Image data for each page is stored at a predetermined address in the image data memory 8a.

(2) When all of the plural pages of original l are stored in the image data memory 8a, the reverse order output control unit IQa sequentially reads image data from the image data memory 8a starting from the last page based on the table pointer of the management table 9.

(2) The read image data is modulated by the modem I4 under the control of the transmission control section 13, and sent out to the line for the receiving station via the NCU 15.

■On the receiving side (here, the operation of the receiving side will be explained using the receiving function shown in Fig. 2), the received image data is transferred to the decompressing unit 11.
The pages are expanded and recorded on recording paper in the recording section 6, and are stacked in the storage section one after another starting from the last page.

When copying the original 1, multiple pages of image data are stored in the image data memory 8a, output in reverse order, decompressed by the decompression unit 11, stored once in the image buffer 7, and then output and sent to the recording unit 6. The pages are recorded in the accommodating section in order from the R last page.

In this way, the pages of the original are stacked in the same order, which saves the effort of post-processing the recorded document.

In the above example, the sending side stores the image data in the image data memory 8a and then sends it in reverse page order. However, the sending side compresses the read image data and sends it as is, and the receiving side stores all the image data in the image data memory 8a. A similar effect can also be obtained by storing image data for pages and then outputting and recording in reverse page order.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, when transmitting or copying a plurality of pages of originals, the originals can be stacked in the same order as the originals, so there is an effect that the effort of post-processing can be saved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 3 is a flowchart of Fig. 2. 3 is the reading section,
6 is a recording unit, 7 is an image buffer, 8 is a storage means, 8a is an image data memory, 9 is a management table, IO is a reverse order output means, and 10a is a reverse order output control unit. 2nd m

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A facsimile device comprising means for transmitting image data read from a document and means for receiving and recording the image data, the facsimile device comprising a means for transmitting image data read from a document and a means for receiving and recording the image data, the facsimile device comprising: a means for transmitting image data read from a document; Storage means (8) in which image data is stored
A facsimile apparatus comprising: a reverse order output means (10) for sequentially outputting image data for a plurality of pages stored in the storage means (8), starting from the last page of image data.